[ih] A laugh and a question

[Ian Peter]

Folks,

If you are I need of a good laugh, you might like to explore the following
site
 
 http://ioih.org

Which explains the history of an industrial steam driven Internet. I
particularly liked the depictation of little children called pings who were
employed to travel up and down the steam driven pipes of the Internet to
make sure they didn't rust up.(the name arising from the noise they made as
the brushes cleaned the pipes).

But it did lead me to think - what was the origin of the word ping and its
use in Internet? If anyone has some clues I'd be interested to hear.

All the best,


Ian Peter
www.nethistory.info




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